I don't know what to make of it: the number one drug in the universe (Prozac) has now been relegated to nearly last place, while a drug that ten years ago was at the bottom of the atypical antispychotic playlist is now number one with a bullet.
Many people complain about pharmaceutical involvement in doctor prescribing practices, and while this certainly is an issue, what people don't seem to acknowledge is how doctors themselves, independent of Pharma, have prescribing drift. Doctors want to try the latest drugs and see if they're better; but even if they end up being the same and no better, they never drift back. That has nothing to do with Pharma. It's just a habit. Habits are comfortable.

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